New Mozilla Messaging Site Looking Great
The new Mozilla Messaging site went live today, and I really like the way it turned out. I can say that without bragging because I had *absolutely* nothing to do with it…it was managed by Messaging’s Rafael Ebron and the Spread Thunderbird crew, with design from the Royal Order and implementation by silverorange.
I’m impressed with how they took the existing architecture and certain other elements (header, fonts, etc) from Mozilla.com and created something new. There are enough similarities to establish the close connection to other Mozilla sites, but it also has its own unique visual identity. Plus, I love the ‘city of the future’ illustrations…definitely looks like a place I’d want to visit.
Kudos to all who contributed!
February 26th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
but no feeds for the Press Center
February 26th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
That’s stunning! Very nice work.
Aside: I see Tb download links on mozilla.com & .org link to mozilla.com…any idea when they’ll link to this awesome site?
February 26th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Thanks John…I’ll be sure to pass your kind words along to the people who made it.
Regarding your question, the links on mozilla.com will start redirecting to this new site very soon…possibly as early as tomorrow.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Absolutely a Beautiful Site
Excellent Job
February 27th, 2009 at 6:28 am
I love how it ties in with mozilla.com’s visual identity – I think it might even be sleeker and more stylish. I’m not a fan of Mozilla Messaging using the Thunderbird logo for its favicon though (I know it’s its only real product but it somehow seems out of place to me still).
February 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
If only they had kept old links functioning, now I have to change http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/early_releases/downloads.php to http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/early_releases/downloads/
Otherwise, it looks just great.
February 27th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Kind of an unusual look. It really reminds me of the currency of some countries. Not saying it looks bad, in fact I rather like it. But I’m not so sure it really fits for MM. As a suggestion, though, I’d make the download link stick out more. Making it blue like the Thunderbird logo would probably work well.